All are true about Balantidium coli except:
Correct Answer: Usually invades liver
Description: Balantidium coli Only ciliate protozoa and the largest causing human disease (ciliate dysentery). Infective stage: binucleate cyst; spherical, ellipsoid, 50-75mm, double layered cyst wall. The invasive form is the trophozoite - 80-120mm; two nuclei (macronucleus, micronucleus), peristome, cytostome, cytopharynx, cytopyge.
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